Lamp-wick.



G. A. HORN.

v LAMP WICK'. APPLICATION FILED SEPL24, 1809.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

5u vanto@ yay/wam STATES l)P9-A1vllvl OFFICE.

esonera' non, or New To all wlwm it may concern:

' Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HORN, of

Newark, inthe county of Wayne and State, of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Lamp-Wicks, which im,-

'provementis fully set forth in .the follow# ing specification .andshown in the vaccom-- pan in drawings. l

T is invention relates to.certain` new' anduseful improvements in wicks`for lamps and it hasV for its objects among others to proyvide awick=that will produce a clearer fiume and which will not smoke evenwhen vturned down low in the wick tube. Y

It has for a lfurther object to provide a wick so rotected that it willlnot ch'ar or waste an -which will burnfor months withoutnecessitatingany trimming. l

The invention consists broadly v`fin covering the upperend of the wickwith a metallic protector to keep it in shape but which allows ofthepassage of the oil therethrough. l Other ob'ects and advantages -ofthemventionl w' i-hereimfter a pear and` the novel -features thereofwill particularly pointed outinthe a pended clalms.

The invention is c early illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, which,with the numerals of re erence marked thereon, form a. part-of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 .is a side elevation of a wickembodymg my improvements. Fig. 2 is a lonitudinal sectional detail onthe line`2-2 yof `ig. 1 on Aan enlar ed scale. Fig. 3 is a cross sectionon the ine 3 3 of Fig. l, also on an enlarged'scale. Fig. 4 isaperspective view of a section of the metallic'covering as manufacturedready for application to the wick. Fig. 5 `is a view similar to Fig. 2,-

showing aslightly modified form of con-.

struction. Fig. 6 is an end view of a circular Like numerals ofreference indicate like parts in the several -views.v

Referring to thedrawings, 1 designates a wick of the usual constructionemployed `for lamps using kerosene andthe like, except as In order toprotectthe burning-end or up-4 g or waste, and yet permit itI to= burn'for s months without trimming, I appl thereover a metallic shield -orprotector, o wire [netting-lperforated sheet metal, 'aluminum ,on

LAMP-WICK.

Syndication of Letters atent. application mea, september '24, 190s.-sei-nn No. 519,434..

per end' of the wick so that it will not char.

Patented hier. e. 1.910.

In Figs. 1, 2'and 3, thiscovering or protector 1s shown as` of wirenetting withthe .mesh of appropriate size t'o permit the oil to readilypass therethrough and burn. In Fig. 4 I have shown a piece of thisnetting wicks. It is made of any required length, preferably in lon stris, and cross cut lnto short lengths slig tly on r than the widthv of thewick when. require for use. The

shown at 3, so as to. make `them smooth ItA to (provide ya selvage, asseen at 4, .the en s of the cross wires-being in, vnext to t the. netunshown in I igs. 1 and- 2, the wick bein come pressed vbetween thedoubledends A as seen clearly in Fig. 2, so as to bennl united .thereto.` The doubledy portion I embraces the end of the `,wick and. theinter- .-stices inthe netting'perrlit the oil to readily passtherethroughand betburned.` `I have found. in ractice that in some iiifstances better resu ts are rattained and the life .of the wick and itsprotecting cpvering is len hened by the employment `of asitable bronsmaterial, such, for'in'staee, as asbestos onthe like, as shownv at 6,which is placed upon thel'end of'lthefwick and over which the bend *5of' the protector or covering asses, thus@l snugl' inclo'sing the same.T 's fibrousl material 5 may be of any suitable nature an' d,-'in l`:some in' stances, as shown in Fig. 4,l I ma 5 make it in the form ofanasbestos cor @or rope which is held in the lbight,` dr bend'; of t eprotector as itis made in long strips 'readyA for use, the rope orcordibeing 4 cut as the strip is cut to provide the? necessary length 9of strip for' the wick upon'which it is to be used. In Fig. 5 I haveshown asimilar com` struction except that the protector 7 is' made Vofperforated metal, 1suchtais aluminum or v4the like, instead of waren'ttng, .in ls instance.,` theends being bent inward., as1 shown 'at 8,leaving a sel-vage at 9 and the ends' being rotected and thewhole-compressed into f the ody of the at-the" end p ortipns.

yention or sacriticingan'y bijlitsgadvantages'.. IWhat' isclaimed-as"nevvf .is':-A

1'. A'wick provided aton'e'end wtha ria-, 'ticulated metallic protector'with ts vends 110 oo' Vas constructed forA use in'l application ftolfi. "5,2 j edges of the netting are turned inward,.

wick, and protected by/the outer portions "of The covering is. applied,85 "fr at` `76` l` Modifications in detailrmay-be to withoutdepartingfromfthfe spiritof. the in'- o t e protector. A 2. ah improved am aprotector stri ifor wicks, --ticultedmnt'erlal bent u rolls crd disposedin the clv of manufacture,

bene :che oppositepedges o 'wxtness w my hand this 4 f the materia -torov'idea se1va` e."

` hereof, I lhave hereunto set;

th day of M presence of-two subscribn GEOR HORN. 'MILAN 1 n'ward 10DION. m

